Some researchers argue that task switching involves task-set reconfiguration-that is,
changing the existing task set to perform a different task. Although this idea is intriguing, it is …

Abstract Recently, we [Kleinsorge & Heuer (1999) Psychological Research, 62, 300–312]
introduced the notion of generalizing switching operations to account for a characteristic …

When participants are asked to shift between four dimensionally organized tasks which differ
in the type of judgment (numerical vs. spatial) and/or the judgment-to-response mapping …

Switching between two different tasks normally results in an impairment in people's
performance known as a switch cost, typically measured as an increase in reaction time (RT) …

Four task-switching experiments examined the notion of an exogenous component of task-
set reconfiguration (ie, a process needed to shift task set that is not initiated in the absence …

Switching between different tasks often increases response time compared to repeated
performance of a task. This switch cost has been thought to reflect either an executive …

A number of recent studies have shown that shifting among four tasks that result from a
factorial combination of two types of judgment with two judgment-to-response mappings …

With insufficient time to fully prepare for a switch in task, a deterioration in performance on
the first trial of a new task would be expected. The interest of researchers has been captured …

Recent research on task switching has paid little attention to how tasks are represented and
how the relations between task representations might affect the executive processes …

We explored shift costs for a dimensionally organized set of tasks. Task dimensions were
type of judgement (numerical vs. spatial) and judgement-to-response mapping (compatible …